TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
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TOTAL 76,475 5,694 2,861 2,833 1,151
WHITE 48,338 3,031 1,484 1,547 578
NONWHITE 28,137 2,663 1,377 1,286 573
-------- ALL RACES -------- ---------- WHITE ---------- -------- NONWHITE ---------
ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES
TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 226 10 99 117 64 0 23 41 162 10 76 76
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 10 10 5 0 2 3 16 1 8 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 34 3 14 17 2 0 1 1 32 3 13 16
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 191 10 92 89 33 0 16 17 158 10 76 72
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 54 0 15 39 9 0 0 9 45 0 15 30
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 66 0 20 46 12 0 1 11 54 0 19 35
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 17 3 8 6 2 0 1 1 15 3 7 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.7 3.5 76.2 (15-19) 21.1 0.0 41.4 (15-19) 60.8 7.3 118.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.5 100.0 20.2 25.6 15.6 0.0 0.0 24.4 30.9 100.0 26.3 26.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 55 3 25 27 24 2 8 14 31 1 17 13
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 243.4 300.0 252.5 230.8 375.0 . 347.8 341.5 191.4 100.0 223.7 171.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 287 14 126 147 89 2 31 56 198 12 95 91
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.4 4.9 96.4 (15-19) 29.4 1.3 56.2 (15-19) 74.4 8.7 144.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 3
* ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
# FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
DEFINITIONS:
IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE
